May 30, 2026: What You Want to Keep

Prompt: Write about what you want to keep.

The prompt for today, May 30th, 2026, is: write about what you want to keep.

This feels tied to what I’ve uncovered throughout this month and what I’d like to carry forward.

To be honest, I think it’s these audio journals.

I really like doing things in this format. I’d still like to write more, especially more personal essay-type work, but there’s something about these journals that feels right. The blog posts are great, but I’ve really come to enjoy these audio reflections.

I like the workflow I’ve settled into: I record the journal, upload it into Whisper to generate a transcript, then run it through ChatGPT to lightly clean it up before posting the text alongside the audio.

It works for me.

I think part of why I like these audio journals so much is that they’re immediate. I’m thinking off the cuff, in real time. My voice comes through more directly. It feels like a different way of expressing myself — less filtered, in a sense — and that feels good.

It also doesn’t take as much time, which matters right now, especially since I still can’t type properly.

Another thing I want to keep is the way these prompts come together.

Usually, something is already on my mind, and then I shape the month’s prompts around that idea. For May, it was slow living. I wanted to explore what that meant, so I asked ChatGPT to help generate prompts around that theme.

For June, I’ve been thinking about craft — what it means to make, to discover one’s craft, to develop it over time. So the prompts will follow that thread.

I like that this process lets me work through ideas that feel relevant to my life as it’s unfolding.

So I think that’s what I want to keep: the marriage of meaningful prompts and these daily audio journals.

Please visit letterslounge.com and leave a comment, a link, or a response of your own. I’d love to hear what this brings up for you.

Talk to you tomorrow.

This transcript was lightly cleaned up with the help of AI to improve readability while preserving the original voice and intent of the recording.